open curriculum

Time for another meeting to talk about Drupal skill sets and open curriculum – where we are, what is happening and where we want to go.
Meeting will be held on IRC (Freenode), channel #drupal-skillmap.

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 11:08amLast updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:48

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 10:52amLast updated by greggles on Mon, 2011-11-28 02:04

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Someone with Writing secure code skills:

knows how to handle user input securely (using check_plain() and t(), using filter_xss(), using filter_xss_admin(), ...)

knows how to handle URLs securely

is able to make queries secure against SQL Injection by using the database API: e.g. db_query(), adding the node_access tag

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 10:33amLast updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:47

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 10:07amLast updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:44

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Someone with advanced theming skills:

is able to create grid based layouts (960 grid systems)

is able to create themes/design that responds to size, orientation and other relevant properties of the browser + media being used (responsive layout design).

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 9:50amLast updated by heather on Fri, 2011-12-09 10:01

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Posted by kulcsi on November 23, 2011 at 10:09pmLast updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:42

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

The goal of requirement analysis is determining the needs or conditions to meet for a new or altered product, taking account of the possibly conflicting requirements of the various stakeholders, such as beneficiaries or users.

Posted by kulcsi on November 22, 2011 at 10:24amLast updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:41

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Usability testing is a technique used in user-centered interaction design to evaluate a product by testing it on users.

Someone with usability testing skills:

knows how to observe people using the software to discover errors and areas of improvement

knows how to measure efficiency, accuracy, recall and emotional response of the users

Posted by kulcsi on November 22, 2011 at 10:08amLast updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:40

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Interaction design is heavily focused on satisfying the needs and desires of the people who will use the product.

Someone with interaction design skills:

knows how to define the workflow for website users as they interact with the website to perform specific tasks

Posted by kulcsi on November 22, 2011 at 9:51amLast updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:37

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

User assistance provides information to help a person to interact with software.